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Chat Control 2: Digitalising the Panopticon

Europe’s assault on free speech has become widespread and far-reaching. But every step toward a surveillance state is a step away from functional democracy. If citizens fear speaking freely, policymaking will eventually rely on guesses and lies. And democracy becomes a theatre.

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EU - a self-licking ice cream cone?

The concept of "self-licking ice cream cone" originates from an analysis of the Kuwait War 1991. Three decades later, the EU's funding of activists - who in turn drive the bureaucracy towards its own goals - appears as a farcical repetition.

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